mrwolf14

Thanks Domenico, Jim and I both love the Clash! Yeah, Jim's guitar playing eclipses anything Mick Jones could do. And when he can play the frets off a guitar(and stand up bass too)why not feature him? I'm certainly not a lead singer so his playing needs to stand out.

I do a lot of chopping up of the drum midi files and notes to get a good enough variety of fills and interesting bits. I am able to separate the drums into 8 individual tracks in Ableton which allows for more options when it comes to editing and mixing the drums. EZ Drummer is adequate for me, it's midi of actual drummers playing live.

Cheers!

Wayne

Thanks, Domenico - glad you liked it.

Life is merciless but you can do just a new beginning when you think it is time :)
Nice to her that you believe that this track is a good one
I am always amazed with what great artists I am compared, although I am only the little Joe.
Thanks a lot for your comment and the listen Domenico.

stay tuned
joe

Domenico, thank you for your words! Those like you give us some hope. I never expected to get these sorts of comments on a song such as this, but it is never unwelcome.

I'm happy that you enjoyed listening, and I appreciate the support!

Thank you Domenico. You are right I did add my own dark blend to the song, but that Lead Pad was so dynamic (see underneath for explanation)
Danke is wise, but how a bout an acronym.
O.C.T.
Thank you for the nice words as well. I just enjoy making music. nothing more, nothing less.
Ciao
Steve

Hello Mrwolf,
Thank you for your kind words and possitivity. I really like making songs in 3/4, especially ballads. It gives songs a slow waltz feel.

TA

Domenico, ahh so good to hear from you. I could see this working as a ramstein song as well, good ears. I'm glad U like it.
Steve

Thank you Domenico!
It is great to hear from you! I am glad you had a time to listen to my recording. Actually it is quite hard to record the organ during the concert properly. From the other side the 'live' performance situation component brings much of a true nature to what the music really is and what it eventuallly can become.

It is nice to know you're a fan of organ music. At the moment I do not work as a regular organist but will be playing and accompaning and improvising during Christmas servises also maybe this is why I am running currently a project of writing piano arrangements of polish carols - here is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBlTpyMIAHc

Best to you, Alex

thank you..its nice to hear that someone likes the track..yeah..i like to keep things with a picasso feel..lol..somewhat..raw endings..actually..i'm just looking for a medium..learning at the same time..the track system..great people behind the making of the music..got it to this point..thank you

Thank you ^_^ It was my first time in a studio, first time imagining that music might be my future... it was a very big deal for me. It's good to know that eight years later, it's still getting decent reviews. ^_^

Thank you so much! I'm happy to know that this song, once rerecorded, will entertain a few folks. ^_^ Thank you for your compliment, too. It's always nice to know your efforts are appreciated. I hope I can improve your opinion with the new recordings, for now, I'm glad you like this. :)

thats exactly what I was going for :)

Hi Domenico. I listen to these note cluster pieces so much I stop noticing how dissonant they are to most ears. I'm happy if that bass line gave u a little break! Thanks for the listen and comment. Dan

Hello Domenico! It is always great to hear a comment from you my friend!

I would agree wholeheartedly that the drum beat is repetitive, and it is so since the only thing I changed with the drum machine during the performance was the volume. Otherwise it is the same short loop throughout, one which I made quite a while ago. The volume was changed for one reason only, because the drums were what was causing the envelope follower to react, which caused a bunch of other things to happen in patched items down the line. This change in volume adjusted how the threshold was triggered for the gate and trigger outputs, essentially switching the items down the line to a "half time" rhythm. Basically, only the loudest drums were tripping the trigger, rather than all hits.

I didn't make a selection of drum beats for this one, so definitely it would be repetitive without any changes.

Regarding your question about the vocal distortion... I added a multiband overdrive to the sections written "there doesn't seem to be a record filed." This was intended to be in the original live video, and I was toggling it manually, but I had a monitoring mistake which made it not happen live. All of the other parts are just the natural saturation of the transistor preamp that I designed for the condenser. I too like the way that microphone breaks up when I speak very close. It can be an expressive mic, since getting further away creates a very different tone. I use that mic on almost everything these days... :)

Thank you for taking a listen and leaving your words! Have a good day!

Thanks for listening and for the positive comments.

Everything was loops so to speak lol. That's the downside with Drums in that it can be time consuming to come up with a more natural sounding drum track.

All the best

Elaine

Thanks man! I'm really excited to hear all of the participants. It'll be really fun!

~GO

Hey Domenico! Good to hear from you today! It's interesting that you found it darker than the original, and listening again, I guess I can hear what you mean. With the "midnight" theme, I suppose that makes some sense. This remix used all of the original wav stems, so a lot of the credit goes to Ookami. I did however take one shots of some of his instruments in order to make the composition more complex. Also raised the tempo to 116 instead of 110 BPM... enough to give some energy without too many artifacts. I think the arpeggio I made on the microkorg may be part of the carpenterish feel that you get... using keyboard tracking to control the LFO modulation rate gives a pleasing time shift, with a touch of tension. Ookami's leads in this stem set were quite awesome, and I felt the need to use them all. It's great to have you back around the site, and it was pleasing to read your words. Thank you!

Words have much power, they can wound, and they can heal and tears will cushion the blows.

Adversities are there for our building of character and we must go through them, not around them. In this we way we learn, and develop ourselves thick skin that can endure what the world throws our way. Always be strong brother Wolf.
We must always check our attitudes everyday.

Blessings to you - brother Dragon.

Not since 2012 I'm afraid Mr Wolf. Started in 1996 and 12 albums later it ended.
Thanks for the props.
Ciao
Steve

Thanks for the compliment and support for the vocals and song. I like the bass line also. You did a great job on it.